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... faith . 6. Now faith ( supposing the Scripture to be of God ) is πραγματων ελεγχο & βλεπομένων , the demonstrative evidence of things unseen , the supernatural evidence of things invisible , not perceivable by eyes of flesh , or by any ...
... faith . 6. Now faith ( supposing the Scripture to be of God ) is πραγματων ελεγχο & βλεπομένων , the demonstrative evidence of things unseen , the supernatural evidence of things invisible , not perceivable by eyes of flesh , or by any ...
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... Faith , according to the scriptural account , is the eye of the new - born soul . Hereby every true believer in God " seeth him who is invisible . " Hereby ( in a more particu- lar manner , since life and immortality have been brought ...
... Faith , according to the scriptural account , is the eye of the new - born soul . Hereby every true believer in God " seeth him who is invisible . " Hereby ( in a more particu- lar manner , since life and immortality have been brought ...
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... faith ? All at least who conceive it to be so happy a thing ? Why do they not believe immediately ? " We answer , ( on the Scripture hypothesis , ) " It is the gift of God . " No man is able to work it in himself . It is a work of ...
... faith ? All at least who conceive it to be so happy a thing ? Why do they not believe immediately ? " We answer , ( on the Scripture hypothesis , ) " It is the gift of God . " No man is able to work it in himself . It is a work of ...
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... faith , we mean , that the moment a man receives that faith which is above described , he is saved from doubt and fear , and sorrow of heart , by a peace that passes all understanding ; from the heaviness of a wounded spirit , by joy ...
... faith , we mean , that the moment a man receives that faith which is above described , he is saved from doubt and fear , and sorrow of heart , by a peace that passes all understanding ; from the heaviness of a wounded spirit , by joy ...
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... faith , are the most unreasonable of all men ; " I ask , " Who are those that profess this faith ? " Perhaps you do not personally know such a man in the world . Who are they that so much as profess to have this evidence of things not ...
... faith , are the most unreasonable of all men ; " I ask , " Who are those that profess this faith ? " Perhaps you do not personally know such a man in the world . Who are they that so much as profess to have this evidence of things not ...
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Page 276 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 87 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 16 - For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Page 129 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and Work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 102 - And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Page 192 - Shall I not visit for these things ? saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Page 88 - And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me: of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
Page 85 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 194 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, Which men deliver to one that is learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee: And he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, Saying, Read this, I pray thee : And he saith, I am not learned.
Page 78 - I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.